abaft

Adverb

• at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
  • stow the luggage aft
    
  • ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft
    
  • the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  aft , astern
• Antonyms: 
  fore , forward